Question

Here’s my situation: I have a UserBadge object in ASP.NET, it contains 3 fields, being a User object, a Badge object and a boolean (isNotified) to check if the user has been notified of earning a badge. I’m having issues sending a specific UserBadge from this WebMethod():

[WebMethod()]
    public static UserBadge Notify()
    {
        var db = new achievDb();

        foreach (var uB in db.UserBadges)
        {
            if (System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name == uB.User.UserName)
            {
                if (!uB.isNotified)
                {
                    return uB;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

to my $.ajax:

<script type="text/javascript">
            $(document).ready(function () {
                $.ajax({
                    type: "POST",
                    url: "../NotifCodeBehind.aspx/Notify",
                    data: "{}",
                    complete: function (result) {
                        if (result) {
                            $("#notify").jGrowl("You've unlocked a badge!", { header: 'Yay', close: function () {
                                $.ajax({
                                    type: "POST",
                                    url: "../NotifCodeBehind.aspx/Notified",
                                    data: "{}",
                                    success: function (ub) { DoCallback(JSON.stringify(ub)); },
                                    error: function () { DoCallback("NOPE!") }
                                });
                            }
                            })

                        };
                        function DoCallback(msg) {
                            alert(msg);
                        }
                    }
                })
            })
        </script>

and then back to another WebMethod() that sets the isNotified boolean to true once the notification is closed:

    [WebMethod()]
    public static void Notified(UserBadge ub)
    {
        var db = new achievDb();

            foreach (var userbadge in db.UserBadges)
            {
                if (userbadge.UserId == ub.UserId && userbadge.BadgeId == ub.UserId)
                {
                    userbadge.isNotified = true;
                    db.SaveChanges();
                }
        }
    }

The Problem:
I have absolutely no idea how to actually pass the object to the ajax, and then back again… I’ve spent about 1,5 days browsing the internet about it, but now, I’ve decided to come for help. The more I read about it, the more it confuses me, and I’m an absolute newbie to jQuery/Ajax/JSON.

So if you could keep it as simple as possible, and nudge me in the right direction, it would be most appreciated!

EDIT:
New JavaScript below, thought I had it, but I didn’t.

EDIT2:
This is now solved, I ended up using a controller instead of WebMethods.

Answer 1

Well, finally figured it out with a little help from my brother and some good old fashioned exercise! I solved the issue by using a controller instead of a code-behind with WebMethods.